Are Figs Your Jam? LSU-Ag Center Varieties Provide a Sweet Treat With a Rich History
August 06, 2021
August 06, 2021
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 6 (TNSOps) -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news on Aug. 5, 2021:
By V. Todd Miller
Purple, Gold, Tiger and Champagne may sound like a brief recounting of LSU's postgame national championship locker room celebration, but they are also four types of figs developed by the LSU AgCenter.
Initiated in the 1950s by horticulture professor Ed O'Rourke, the namesake of a fifth fig variety, the Ag . . .
By V. Todd Miller
Purple, Gold, Tiger and Champagne may sound like a brief recounting of LSU's postgame national championship locker room celebration, but they are also four types of figs developed by the LSU AgCenter.
Initiated in the 1950s by horticulture professor Ed O'Rourke, the namesake of a fifth fig variety, the Ag . . .